Help How to mentally cope with tinnitus?

[qualityOV3Rquantity]

So I developed tinnitus 6 weeks ago, and I'm quite worried it might never go away. On its own it isn't so bad, it's quite mild, but it sort of drives me crazy. I have trouble sleeping with it. It is so mentally taxing because I already deal with chronic health issues and to have this on top of it...it makes me feel like I'll never have peace.

I still have some hope it might go away, partially because I don't think it's from noise-induced hearing loss - I never went to concerts or really listened to loud music or anything. It might be a side effect of a medication I took in the past, but that doesn't mean it isn't permanent.

For my sake and the sake of my loved ones, I don't want to go down another depressive hole because of this. But how can I cope with this, not just the tinnitus but also the worry that even if I do adjust to it, it could get worse at any moment for no reason and become unbearable again?

I hate this, please give any advice...

 

[Rabscuttle]

Have you looked into John Sarno's work regarding his theory of tension myosin syndrome?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pain+free+you+tinnitus

I have it very mildly, never really an issue for me but I do have other chronic symptoms that I am working through, I highly recommend you look around that YouTube channel. The more we obsess and catastrophize over our symptoms the worse they will get and the longer they can stick around.

It's probably wise to get it checked out and rule out anything physically wrong, and then if and when they find nothing utilize the methods taught by that YouTube channel, they really do help. If you can't get into a doctor then you can still utilize those methods, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Feel free to pm me if you want more info!

 

[getoutgirl]

I'm very scared of tinnitus, sounds awful. A lot of nights I can only sleep while listening to very loud harsh noise so as to muffle the shitty thoughts and I fear it is gonna come bite me in the ass in the future. I don't have any advice but I'm sorry you are suffering from it and hope that like you say it can go away eventually. <3

 

[Michi_Violeta]

Have you looked into John Sarno's work regarding his theory of tension myosin syndrome?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pain+free+you+tinnitus

I have it very mildly, never really an issue for me but I do have other chronic symptoms that I am working through, I highly recommend you look around that YouTube channel. The more we obsess and catastrophize over our symptoms the worse they will get and the longer they can stick around.

It's probably wise to get it checked out and rule out anything physically wrong, and then if and when they find nothing utilize the methods taught by that YouTube channel, they really do help. If you can't get into a doctor then you can still utilize those methods, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Feel free to pm me if you want more info!

I think this may be going in the right direction, my aunt recently developed tinnitus while simultaneously having issues with bruxism (clenching her teeth to hard). She got a myorelaxant plate (that's the only time where I've heard that word mentioned aside from the comment I'm quoting) and apparently it helped because she hasn't complained about it again.

Funny thing is that, when she described tinnitus is when I first realized I've been living with it my entire life. I remember being annoyed by it as a kid, specially when I was trying to sleep, but I simply got used to it. Not saying it's the best solution, just saying it's something that some of us have been able to eventually live with.

 

[Rabscuttle]

I think this may be going in the right direction, my aunt recently developed tinnitus while simultaneously having issues with bruxism (clenching her teeth to hard). She got a myorelaxant plate (that's the only time where I've heard that word mentioned aside from the comment I'm quoting) and apparently it helped because she hasn't complained about it again.

Funny thing is that, when she described tinnitus is when I first realized I've been living with it my entire life. I remember being annoyed by it as a kid, specially when I was trying to sleep, but I simply got used to it. Not saying it's the best solution, just saying it's something that some of us have been able to eventually live with.

Yup it's fascinating. The brain/subconscious will create the symptoms or sensations in order to distract from something or bring our attention to something, and then we can start overthinking the symptoms of an issue that is nonexistent and create a viscous cycle of obsessing and making the situation worse.

Your story is interesting, because when we're children we're not really into that negative spiraling mindset to turn these things into chronic issues. Not saying they can't happen, they certainly do, they're just far less prevalent than in adults.

For example I broke my ankle in 6th grade, never did it occur to me that it would become a chronic issue, I just rested, accepted that bodies heal and in 8 weeks I was back to normal. Now in my 30s these past few months I have been dealing with abdominal issues, my mindset has been horrible, thinking how I am screwed this is forever, but when I actively worked on changing my reaction to the symptoms, stamping out catastrophizing, and changing my diet, things start improving. We can be our own worst enemy.

 

[Shadows From Hell]

I suffer from it as well. It constantly sounds like a machine running in the next room with the doors shut. Some days it goes all day long, some days I don't hear it. It's gone on for so long that I'm used to it and can sort of block it out.

 

[qualityOV3Rquantity]

I'm very scared of tinnitus, sounds awful. A lot of nights I can only sleep while listening to very loud harsh noise so as to muffle the shitty thoughts and I fear it is gonna come bite me in the ass in the future. I don't have any advice but I'm sorry you are suffering from it and hope that like you say it can go away eventually. <3

I would be careful with listening to loud noise while sleeping! Maybe a tip, if you really need it to go to sleep, maybe change it so that it gradually fades out after you would typically fall asleep? It would help by reducing your overall noise exposure. Also, what exactly do you mean by harsh noise? Merzbow??

 

[getoutgirl]

I would be careful with listening to loud noise while sleeping! Maybe a tip, if you really need it to go to sleep, maybe change it so that it gradually fades out after you would typically fall asleep? It would help by reducing your overall noise exposure. Also, what exactly do you mean by harsh noise? Merzbow??

Thanks, I roll around in bed a lot once asleep so I never wake up with the earplugs on. I suppose they fall off shortly afer I fall asleep, but thanks for the tip! And yeah, Merbow, Incapacitants, Kazumoto Endo and Uboa a lot also. Whatever completely anihilates thought process